Hacking Notes

Collection of hacking notes from those who have spent countless hours trying to understand the inner workings of the N64 and SM64 ROM.

• Level Commands
• Geometry Layout Commands
• Fast3D Display List Commands
• Behavior Commands
• List of behaviors
• Collision Data
• Macro 3D Objects
• Special Macro 3D Objects
• Textures
• SM64 Music
• Text Editing
• Star Milestone Dialogs
• Hardcoded Star Locations
• Hacking Notes
• Title Screen
• HUD Rendering
• Star Select Rendering
• SM64 List of Segments
• Segment 2
• Structs
• Mario's Actions
• MIO0 Compression

Memory Maps

ROM and RAM memory maps and function descriptions for the SM64 ROM.

• Super Mario 64 ROM Memory Map
• RAM Memory Map
• Function List
• EEPROM Memory Map

ROM Hacks

List of ROM hacks and how to apply the patches.

• List of SM64 ROM Hacks
• Applying Patches
• Console compatibility with SM64 ROM hacks
• List of SM64 ROM hacks that work on real N64 hardware

Decomp related

List of pages related to working with the sm64 decomp project.

• Custom object (decomp)
• Custom music sequence
• Minor decomp tweaks
• Fast64 troubleshooting
• List of tools for decomp

ROM Hacking Tools

The tools needed to modify SM64 and tutorials on how to use them.

• Super Mario 64 Hacking Tools
• Super Mario 64 Hacking Tutorials

Fun Stuff

Things related to SM64 that aren't really hacking.

• Weird ASM Code